Cuenca is a green mountain village tucked away with an hour and a half from Madrid in the car. Cuenca in Spain is surrounded with beautiful wildflowers and hanging houses from the cliffs. Did I mention it is a World Heritage Site? Well, it is with the old center that inhabits a set of evocative medieval buildings. And that’s not all; there are many colorful buildings in yellow, red, and blue with small narrow meandering streets to get lost in.
Cuenca the Undiscovered Village in Spain
A day in Cuena is for exploring, walking around and discover cute restaurants that invite you to sit down with much more politeness compared to Madrid. It is noticeable you are not in the city anymore, this is the village of Cuenca, and everything is going in a slow and relaxing phase. People are drinking canas and nibbling to the free tapas. And that is perfect for recharging the batteries and get one with some more walking around. Because the landscape is marvelous and the river in between the city delivers lush green blooming plants, and thereby reinforce the fresh mountain air.
Cuenca is a paradise for those in search of a relaxed weekend away from Madrid. Or a hidden getaway that not many tourists visit. Cuenca is lush landscape and a good vibe for some relaxation, and I recommend visiting Cuenca if you are traveling around in Spain.
We had dinner at La Bodeguilla de Basilio, we went for the sitting table option since we had a hereo of a kid with us. The food is very spanish with tomateos, eggs and white bread and of course wine! If you are not with children, go for the bar option. Hang in the bar and only order a canas/beers and get your tapas along with it and keep drinking until you are not hungry anymore. Some of the free tapas are the size of a small meal!
Road Trip to Cuenca in Spain
My friends and I went to Cuenca with a car rental and started our 72 hours Road Trip in Spain. Our first stop was Cuenca, which was also our favorite stop of the trip. We stayed the night in a fantastic historic hotel.
The next day we continued on the road. We went to the middle of nowhere, which was the Campillo de Altobuey for taking pictures in a field of the beautiful red flowers called amapolas in Spanish. Four our lunch we ended up in another mountain village with the name Alcalá del Júcar, which was cool with the underground caves but, not pleasant for nonspanish tourists visiting due to no simple translation in English. What you are ordering for lunch is a surprise!
Then we ended our evening at Calp; it was great feeling the fresh sea air coming in with the evening breeze. Then we ended our trip in Alicante. I returned to Madrid with BlaBlaCar, and my friends went to Torrevieja. We had 72 amazing hours exploring the villages and the small roads of Spain.
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Jeg hadde ingen forventninger til Cuenca, men det overrasket på så mange måter. Er noe nytt besøk i Spania 🤗
Ja, byen er kjent for de hengende husene over klippene. Jeg syns det var kanskje noe overdrevet, men forsatt veldig fint. Og ja byen starter på toppen og ender i bunn 🙂 Anbefaler et besøk her 🙂
Så vakkert! Elsker alle bygningene med fine farger, og hvordan det liksom virker som om byen har flere nivåer, med husene på toppen og så masse fin grønn natur under. Så mange fine bilder! Definitivt et sted jeg skal notere meg! 🙂
Det er ikke den første plassen man drar når man er turist i Spania. Min spansk venn var helt overrasket når jeg sa at jeg hadde vert på besøk i Cuenca Spania, han var stolt fordi jeg hadde sette noe veldig autentisk fra Spania. Og jeg var veldig glad for å fått sett denne koselig fjell landsbyen.
Det er morsomt at mange av de spansk by-navenen finnes også i Sør-Amerika 🙂 Jeg syns Cuenca i Spania var magisk, men om jeg drar til Ecuador igjen skal jeg sjekk ut Cuenca der! 🙂
Det så utrolig flott ut der. Jeg har vært mye i Spania men aldri der. Bra reisetips!
Jeg har bare besøkt Cuenca i Ecuador 😀 Der var det fint, men det ser nesten enda finere ut i den spanske navnesøsterbyen, synes jeg.